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La tentazione del moderno. Gesualdo Bufalino e il romanzo europeo del primo Novecento
2020
The work of Gesualdo Bufalino relies on a permanent dialogue with the great modernist models of European fiction. A whole network of allusions, innuendos and micro-quotations from the great novels of Mann, Kafka, Proust, Musil, Joyce, Woolf, is scattered among the pages of Diceria dell’untore, a novel which was conceived as a “serious game” using previous textual materials and recombining them in order to create a new architecture of meaning. In Bufalino’s following books as well, the central position assigned to the Ego coexists with a plot in which the inner experiences of the characters count more than the objective facts. There is an urgency of truth and meaning. The fact that this trut…
Wealth Creation and Science Research : Science Research, the root of wealth in our Knowledge Society, is endangered
Two vastly dierent historical stages in wealth creation are the traditional one based on agriculture during past millennia, and the one based on science research in our present globalizing knowledge society. The dierences happen to be so considerable, and the emergence of the second stage relatively so recent, that the awareness of the full range of consequences regarding the proper pursuit of science research, which is the root of wealth in our knowledge society, is missing to an extent that may, even in the medium term, seriously endanger the sustainability of modern human society. Here is presented a brief account of some of such dangers, following which a parable, entitled "Is it a mere…
Zaczarowane ciało
2020
Aspects of the body are important in Thomas Mann’s The Magic Mountain. Corporality, sensuality and biology are directly related to the motif of death in the novel. The physical aspect of death connects the triviality balancing on the edge of comedy with an unsettling aura of a fairy tale. In the isolated conditions of Berghof, Hans Castorp followed his instincts. In Davos, the reserved member of the bourgeoisie collided with an irrational and yet strictly material side of existence. The coalescence of life and death, the gradual revealing of all aspects of corporality goaded Hans Castorp into deepening his knowledge of the structure of the body, accepting obscene behaviour and advancing a p…
Effects of hyperosmolar stimulation on IL-8 release in different bronchial epithelial cell lines
2009
BREVI CONSIDERAZIONI IN TEMA DI OBBLIGHI ASSICURATIVI NEI CONFRONTI DEI MARITTIMI ARRUOLATI DALLE CREW AGENCIES
2019
Il lavoro tratta del sistema di garanzie finanziarie e assicurative previste a favore del marittimo reclutato dalle agenzie di manning, nell'ambito della normativa internazionale ILO, ed in particolare della Convenzione quadro sul lavoro marittimo del 2006, e del diritto europeo. MLC 2006,crew agencies and protection of seafarers. Insurance and financial guarantees in the event of abandonment of seafarers.
Increased susceptibility of complement factor B/C2 double knockout mice and mannan-binding lectin knockout mice to systemic infection with Candida al…
2008
Candida albicans is the major cause of systemic fungal infections in immunocompromised patients. We investigated the susceptibility of mice deficient in complement factor B and C2 (Bf/C2-/-), C1q (C1qa-/-), and mannan-binding lectin (MBL)-A (MBL-A) and MBL-C (MBL-A/C-/-) to systemic infection with C. albicans. Animals were infected i.p. with 10(8)C. albicans blastoconidia and monitored for mortality. Bf/C2-/- mice showed high mortality (over 90%) within the study period of 3 weeks. In contrast, mortality in C1qa-/- mice was below 15% whereas that of MBL-A/C-/- mice was 40% (P0.001). Intravenous infection of mice with 8x10(5) blastoconidia resulted in the same trend with Bf/C2-/- mice being …
Il Paradigma della Città Fluida
2013
Nella recente crisi globale i poderosi flussi di capitali finanziari, sociali e relazionali che hanno alimentato la riqualificazione urbana nel corso degli ultimi quindici anni non sono più disponibili ad essere intercettati in maniera indiscriminata così come è stato possibile fino a qualche anno fa. Nell'era della crisi strutturale le città più dinamiche non sono più quelle in grado di attrarre progetti urbani iconici ed investitori spinti dal mercato immobiliare o dalla redditività delle attività ricreative, ma quelle città che, a partire dalle loro profonde e diversificate risorse culturali, saranno capaci di attuare una vera e propria “metamorfosi” per usarle come base per la creazione…
Functional analysis of the classical, alternative, and MBL pathways of the complement system: standardization and validation of a simple ELISA.
2004
Primary defence against invading microorganisms depends on a functional innate immune system and the complement system plays a major role in such immunity. Deficiencies in one of the components of the complement system can cause severe and recurrent infections, systemic diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and renal disease. Screening for complement deficiencies in the classical or alternative complement pathways has mainly been performed by haemolytic assays. Here, we describe a simple ELISA-based format for the evaluation of three pathways of complement activation. The assays are based on specific coatings for each pathway in combination with specific buffer systems. We ha…
"Die Sammlung": la risposta paneuropea di Klaus Mann alla barbarie nazionalista
2009
New functional ligands for ficolin-3 among lipopolysaccharides of Hafnia alvei.
2011
Ficolin-1 (M), ficolin-2 (L), ficolin-3 (H) and mannan-binding lectin (MBL) activate the complement system and have opsonic activity. The specificity of ficolin-3 is poorly characterized and currently limited to a few ligands only. We present new specific targets for human ficolin-3, identified among lipopolysaccharides (LPSs, endotoxin) of Hafnia alvei. The interaction was restricted to LPSs of four strains: 23, Polish Collection of Microorganisms (PCM) 1200, PCM 1203 and PCM 1205 and limited to their O-specific polysaccharides (O-specific PSs) composed of different numbers of oligosaccharide (OS) repeating units (RUs). Moreover, these LPS/ficolin-3 complexes activated the lectin pathway o…